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we all know that they pushed many of those republicans to refuse compromise with the obama administration throughout 2011, and the push for big cuts and change of direction in national policy. we see tea party voters waiting in during the course of the 2012 primaries. in a way that i will discuss at the end of my remarks. having reminded you of that huge phenomenon that changed the focus of national debates and created a lot of new energy on a formerly detective right, let me mention how we got involved. vanessa was doing a social paper and noted that it was on the right that a lot of protest energy was happening around health care reform. i was finishing up a book on the first two years of the obama presidency in 2010, and i cannot help but notice that the agenda had been shifted by a remarkable manifestation that i did not quite understand. it was out of curiosity that we teamed up to write an article on the book function tea party. we analyzed surveys, we look at media coverage, we tracked votes in the congress and the national electorate. we also went out and visited and sat in on tea
we all know that they pushed many of those republicans to refuse compromise with the obama administration throughout 2011, and the push for big cuts and change of direction in national policy. we see tea party voters waiting in during the course of the 2012 primaries. in a way that i will discuss at the end of my remarks. having reminded you of that huge phenomenon that changed the focus of national debates and created a lot of new energy on a formerly detective right, let me mention how we got...
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it's a huge loss for the obama administration, and, of course, they are not talking about it much, but we will. thank you. >> hi, i'm one of the four colleagues -- >> mark? >> yeah. the 1992 documentary, the clinton campaign, and there's a sequence with al gore giving a stump speech about the economy is up and unemployment is up and wages a down and so forth. i was wondering how do the metrics compare between the 92 campaign, the last time the incumbent was defeated and this campaign, just the economic numbers based upon that? >> great question. of course, george hw bush lost in 1990 -- 1992 so one would assume if metrics are worse than then, president obama would lose. the only comparison i know it is that george hw bush had greater growth in the second quarter of ?iew and still lost than president obama had in this quarter so the economy is worse off. i also know that unemployment is higher than it was under george walker bush. i can't say for sure, but i think the next highest unemployment rate that a president's been re-elected at was 7.2% under reagan. i can't say for sure, but i
it's a huge loss for the obama administration, and, of course, they are not talking about it much, but we will. thank you. >> hi, i'm one of the four colleagues -- >> mark? >> yeah. the 1992 documentary, the clinton campaign, and there's a sequence with al gore giving a stump speech about the economy is up and unemployment is up and wages a down and so forth. i was wondering how do the metrics compare between the 92 campaign, the last time the incumbent was defeated and this...
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and a book about the obama administration and what they're doing and iraq and afghanistan, hour their policy is being pursued, and indicates his policies are not that different in many cases from president bush's, and the book, the hunt for bin laden, which i'm just starting now. details the ten-year manhunt for bin laden, which of course ended very successfully in may when he was killed. and then judy yackson, -- jackson, has a book called, battle to solve muslim, which is an american muslim's attempt to focus american muslims on the war against al qaeda, against islamic extremism, and then another book which is from 1961. i was in college at that time and it describes all that went into behind the scene office the construction of the berlin wall and interesting to compare those times with what is happening today. and finally, a complicated man, biography -- oral history of bill clinton. i was interviewed for the book, so i guess it's a bit of ego there reading because anytime the book. again, i was -- served under bill clinton and it's interesting to read that. so al -- all told, fo
and a book about the obama administration and what they're doing and iraq and afghanistan, hour their policy is being pursued, and indicates his policies are not that different in many cases from president bush's, and the book, the hunt for bin laden, which i'm just starting now. details the ten-year manhunt for bin laden, which of course ended very successfully in may when he was killed. and then judy yackson, -- jackson, has a book called, battle to solve muslim, which is an american muslim's...
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your subtitle indicates that the obama administration fumbled the recovery, and you've argued that in large part is because the administration had misplaced faith in bipartisanship, especially prior to the midterm elections. my question is, if you could, please, explain to us a few of the policies that ought to have been adopted in, especially in 2011, that would have been possible had he taken this more assertive approach that you now indicate that he's following but that were sacrificed at this altar of bipartisanship? >> yeah, great question. for me the counterfactual is -- the two parties are where you see it most historically. the first is the original stimulus. you know, again, i don't begrudge them for being bipartisan, but i think they could have played it a little savvier. i think had they proposed something much larger, $1.2 trillion rather than starting at $775 billion which is where they did, that basically the handful of moderates who are going to the decisive votes in the senate, olympia snowe, susan collins, arlen specter, they were always going to cut $250 billion off
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bishops and down this country, villages up and down this country who believe the obama administration has leveled a direct attack on their ability to be catholic. that is not going to pass unnoticed in states like ohio, michigan and pennsylvania where the catholic vote is huge and motivated and not happy with president obama. secondly the chick fil-a story. this has just begun to roll out when i give this lector but everyone knows about it. i was at the napa institute gathering public intellectuals and very strong supporters of the church in america and giving a talk on this book and how people do politics the right way so i asked -- if three seminars and a speech have you heard of you did and build that. 50% had heard that and everyone but up their hands. have had heard of it. i asked if they had about mitt romney's 0 lead screw up in london. the disconcerting statement. it is not real story. doesn't matter to american voters. was played up by the british press and you don't want to talk about the olympics and romney if you're a democrat anyway. the third store was the 1.5% gdp growt
bishops and down this country, villages up and down this country who believe the obama administration has leveled a direct attack on their ability to be catholic. that is not going to pass unnoticed in states like ohio, michigan and pennsylvania where the catholic vote is huge and motivated and not happy with president obama. secondly the chick fil-a story. this has just begun to roll out when i give this lector but everyone knows about it. i was at the napa institute gathering public...
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so anyway, for whatever reason, whoever is to blame, the obama administration became looked very partisan to the republicans looked very partisan, to keep our competitive. in 2011 had another chance with bowles-simpson which can we can squabble about who exactly, what obama should have done, whether paul broun should've voted for. whether -- there was a moment where it something could happen, but it didn't. i would be wary generalizing the last 10 years, to say the preceding 20 years would've been the model. and they do think that the system isn't so broken or so partisan that one couldn't have more like what we had in the '80s and '90s on a whole bunch of issues. and i think this really does to get to the original topic of the panel, the more i've thought about this just sitting, presidential leadership, skillful presidential leadership and real practical leadership as was rhetorical. i mean will be very, very important to i do believe you could to immigration reform in 2013. i don't think it's really a huge substantive disagreement about that. [talking over each other] >> for the right
so anyway, for whatever reason, whoever is to blame, the obama administration became looked very partisan to the republicans looked very partisan, to keep our competitive. in 2011 had another chance with bowles-simpson which can we can squabble about who exactly, what obama should have done, whether paul broun should've voted for. whether -- there was a moment where it something could happen, but it didn't. i would be wary generalizing the last 10 years, to say the preceding 20 years would've...
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some things the obama administration asserted, would the warriors started under george bush. if you look at these programs, the handoff from us in the george bush administration to these folks in the obama administration smooth and if mitt romney wins i guarantee it will go the other way. nobody wantss to do anything to make life more difficult for those who are already suffering so badly. >> there is one difference that is certainly not on the level of the compassion we all feel and the concern we all feel, but on the health-care system, one of the proposals that has been put on the table similar to how governor romney ul
some things the obama administration asserted, would the warriors started under george bush. if you look at these programs, the handoff from us in the george bush administration to these folks in the obama administration smooth and if mitt romney wins i guarantee it will go the other way. nobody wantss to do anything to make life more difficult for those who are already suffering so badly. >> there is one difference that is certainly not on the level of the compassion we all feel and the...
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there were 48 or 49 thrown attacks in pakistan during the entire bush administration. by the time president obama is rehydrated on january 20th, there's probably about 300 in his first term. cipro is an example of something the united states was worried about defensively, but was only beginning to go ostensibly at the very end of the bush administration. olympic games, program against iran was something that managed to expand considerably until someone made a programming error and got out to the world. special forces is something we've been lying on far more now as a light footprint strategy than we ever did before. with each one of these repulsive discovered that the return curve of when other powers or nonstate actors will have the same technology is shorter and shorter. so you now, we see china, israel, others have drones now. every nymphet drums right now. it's going to be a very short time. before we do with the other side of that. we're already dealing with cyberattacks each and every day on our infrastructure, not the kind in the olympic games, but similar kinds
there were 48 or 49 thrown attacks in pakistan during the entire bush administration. by the time president obama is rehydrated on january 20th, there's probably about 300 in his first term. cipro is an example of something the united states was worried about defensively, but was only beginning to go ostensibly at the very end of the bush administration. olympic games, program against iran was something that managed to expand considerably until someone made a programming error and got out to...
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it is the obama administration is. there's a clear difference between the two. one is attempting to reach out. the other is attempting to be muscular and strong and what the rest of the world -- >> i apologize. i do not have a specific number of the foreign affairs budget in the neighborhood of fifty billion which is before we spend dod. i tend to agree with mike and martin that it is hard to read what the actual differences would be between the obama ann romney administration. the difference is more one of rhetoric than action. the talk might be different but the actions would be pretty similar because so much policy is dictated by domestic politics and the events happening in the world but as they unfold who would have thought it just a few months before we went in to libya and took on that -- who would have thought we redoing anything in a no-fly zone? who saw the arabs spring coming until was right upon us? so much depends on world events. i don't think a change in administration will affect it. >> when a candidate
it is the obama administration is. there's a clear difference between the two. one is attempting to reach out. the other is attempting to be muscular and strong and what the rest of the world -- >> i apologize. i do not have a specific number of the foreign affairs budget in the neighborhood of fifty billion which is before we spend dod. i tend to agree with mike and martin that it is hard to read what the actual differences would be between the obama ann romney administration. the...
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administration rightly believe that's obama administration has leveled a direct attack on their ability to be catholic. that is not going to pass unnoticed in states like ohio, michigan, and pennsylvania where the catholic vote is huge and motivated and not happy with president obama. secondly, chick-fil-a story, it begun to roll out when i give the lecture. everybody already knows about it. i was at the napa substitute this past weekend a gathering of catholics and strongs supporters of the church in america. i was giving a talk on the book and how people do mix -- politics the rights way. i asked three groups, have you heard of -- you didn't build that? 50% of heard of that. and half of them heard of it. i asked if they heard about romney's allegedly screwup in london the disconcerning extreme. it it's not a real story. it's not the real story. doesn't matter to american voters. it was played up by the british press. you don't want to talk about the olympics and romney if your a democrat anyway. the third story that was the $1.5gdp growth less than half%. now the chick-fil-a story was
administration rightly believe that's obama administration has leveled a direct attack on their ability to be catholic. that is not going to pass unnoticed in states like ohio, michigan, and pennsylvania where the catholic vote is huge and motivated and not happy with president obama. secondly, chick-fil-a story, it begun to roll out when i give the lecture. everybody already knows about it. i was at the napa substitute this past weekend a gathering of catholics and strongs supporters of the...
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administration policy as far as what they're doing in iraq and afghanistan, how they're policies are being pursuit and show a side of the president which indicates that his policies are not that different in many cases from president bushes. also peter the "hunt for bin laden" i'm starting that now. it details the ten-year manhunt for bin laden. which of course, ended very successfully last may when he was killed. and then has been witness for the committee. another book is -- [inaudible] it's berlin 1961 by frederick. i was in college at that time and described all of it to behind the scenes constructing the berlin with a wall. kennedy encounter it's impress interesting to compare the times with what happened today. "a complicated man" a biography, a history of bill clinton. i was mentioned -- i was interviewed for the book, so i guess i'm going to be reading it. i'm in the book. again, i was first served under bill clinton. it's interesting to read that. also for the basic senate book. islamist terrorism, and foreign policy and a biography book of clinton. >>> for more information
administration policy as far as what they're doing in iraq and afghanistan, how they're policies are being pursuit and show a side of the president which indicates that his policies are not that different in many cases from president bushes. also peter the "hunt for bin laden" i'm starting that now. it details the ten-year manhunt for bin laden. which of course, ended very successfully last may when he was killed. and then has been witness for the committee. another book is --...
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and yet, it does seem to have surprised the obama administration, which continually rejected that now the economy will turn around because we spent all this money. every time it didn't, they had to have a new explanation as to why it can work. usually by someone many years ago. the third part of the book is, okay, now we are in this mess, we have a week recovery and job creation is weak. gdp growth is weak. what we do? that is where we have a 12-point -- 12 step plan towards recovery. the short of it is, make a list of all the things that obama and proceeded and do the opposite. it is a little bit -- when someone says, reduce tax rates, spend less, regulate less, don't inflate the currency, that is not particularly helpful as advice. when you say howdy to pakistan from china, just go over the himalayas. okay, how do we cut taxes and the regulate? they are, in the last chapter of the book, we go through what it's going to take. we have a decade ahead of us. we the republicans have seats in the house, a republican house for the decade. if you look at the senate seat, there are 47 republ
and yet, it does seem to have surprised the obama administration, which continually rejected that now the economy will turn around because we spent all this money. every time it didn't, they had to have a new explanation as to why it can work. usually by someone many years ago. the third part of the book is, okay, now we are in this mess, we have a week recovery and job creation is weak. gdp growth is weak. what we do? that is where we have a 12-point -- 12 step plan towards recovery. the short...
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we said we towards that is the the obama administration has all but given up on the white working-class male. is there another coalition member that is looking to perhaps pick up the slack in your analysis on that. >> is actually a great debate that's been going on at the new republic and and a few of the other left-wing sites about whether obama should proceed in 2012 with what they call an ohio strategy, a focus on white working-class voters for what they call it colorado's strategy, which is the emerging -- kind of the indianapolis, the upscale white voters. it is clear upon has chosen the latter strategy, the colorado's strategy of freedom bakery and suburban upscale suburbanites. i think it's problematic because i think without 401(k)s -- i think a lot of the reason the suburbanites shift is so hard towards democrats in the 90s was because of this perception of fiscal responsibility, perception taxes would go up appreciably from this perception that democrats wouldn't be roukema though. in 2008 when you added to that, what are the two things when you graduate from college and take
we said we towards that is the the obama administration has all but given up on the white working-class male. is there another coalition member that is looking to perhaps pick up the slack in your analysis on that. >> is actually a great debate that's been going on at the new republic and and a few of the other left-wing sites about whether obama should proceed in 2012 with what they call an ohio strategy, a focus on white working-class voters for what they call it colorado's strategy,...
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stop by and record your thoughts >> criticisms of the obama administration and a touch of the current state of the country she speaks of the women's national republican club in new york city for about nine or. >> monica crowley is the host of political foreign affairs analyst for the fox news channel . the most of the nationally syndicated radio program the market rarely show. she also has been a regular panelist on the mclaughlin group she shares -- served as foreign policy assistant to former president rick -- richard nixon from 1990 until his death in 1994 and wrote two best sellers about her experiences. it makes them off the record ang in winter. she is also written for the new yorker, the "wall street journal", the los angeles times, newsweek, and the new york post. a member of the council on foreign relations, she has lectured at yale university, columbia and mit. she holds two master's degrees and a doctorate from columbia university. so we have to our, you dr. monica. in a recent interview with news maxed on her new book "what the (bleep) just happened", the happy warrior ast
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state department during the first two years of the obama administration. anne marie thought wrote that -- she argued that nation-states should see the degree of sovereignty to what she called transnational networks. vertically, this is a direct quote, nations should cede sovereign authority to supernational institutions such as the international criminal court. so vertically. there'd be something above the nation, supernational institution. slaughter maintains that such transparent networks, quote -- this is a quote from slaughter: can perform many of the functions of a world government; legislation, administration and adjudication without the forum. thereby creating an effective global rule of law. well, she was the person and policy planning, the key think tank of the state department first two years of the obama administration. but there's also a republican i'm going to mention here, richard haas. he's currently the president of the council on foreign relations, and he was a special assistant to president george h.w. bush, and during the administration
state department during the first two years of the obama administration. anne marie thought wrote that -- she argued that nation-states should see the degree of sovereignty to what she called transnational networks. vertically, this is a direct quote, nations should cede sovereign authority to supernational institutions such as the international criminal court. so vertically. there'd be something above the nation, supernational institution. slaughter maintains that such transparent networks,...
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they're bipartisanship in the first year or two of the administration, obama has said, as i said, he was deeply committed to this personally. beyond that come he had campaigned on setting aside the partisan divisions of the past. i think he would have been foolish to not make a good faith effort to live up to that goal at the outset. while watching the stimulus debate unfold, even the health care debate unfold, it was often maddening, i think it was forgivable and maybe even necessary at the time. my quibble is really with 2011. there are any number of data points that this strategy was unlikely to work. the least, obviously, it was unlikely to work because of the experience of the stimulus and health care. you know, their there are other pieces of legislation which i haven't touched on, one of which was doctoring. one of which was doctoring. health care is always a big topic because of the symbolic reason. even though the actual plan itself is, you know, something that the heritage foundation cooks up in the '90s. health care is this big -- the idea of government and health care pla
they're bipartisanship in the first year or two of the administration, obama has said, as i said, he was deeply committed to this personally. beyond that come he had campaigned on setting aside the partisan divisions of the past. i think he would have been foolish to not make a good faith effort to live up to that goal at the outset. while watching the stimulus debate unfold, even the health care debate unfold, it was often maddening, i think it was forgivable and maybe even necessary at the...
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as a matter of fact, it has been the congress trying to push both bush and obama administration to do more for border security. and i mentioned this a few minutes ago. i and a number of other members of congress have been trying to deal with this proposal with the border patrol wants to close nine different offices. and they say well, they are not right on the border. well, as she was saying, there is a tremendous amount of traffic on our interstates going east and west. and in order to have this sort of enforcement, they're has to be some sort of federal prisons. some of the local sheriff found somebody going down the highway with drugs or smuggling people or other things, what do they do with eclectic and put them in jail, but the closest border patrol office is several hundred miles away. it is a real problem. not to get much into this issue but this is something that we are very concerned about because i think you have to have the defense in depth or law enforcement in depth not just stand people are on the borders of this is one of the issues that we are working on >> host: sprin
as a matter of fact, it has been the congress trying to push both bush and obama administration to do more for border security. and i mentioned this a few minutes ago. i and a number of other members of congress have been trying to deal with this proposal with the border patrol wants to close nine different offices. and they say well, they are not right on the border. well, as she was saying, there is a tremendous amount of traffic on our interstates going east and west. and in order to have...
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then the question of how the obama administration and the latter part of the bush and administration reacted to that with bailouts and the stimulus spending. for different stimulus packages, not just a good one we generally think of, and why that actually made the recession worse and the recovery weaker creating fewer jobs, increase in gdp less than other countries which didn't do stimulus spending and that our recovery is weak in the previous recovery because you could compare what we are going through now with the reagan recovery, the ford recovery, the recovery's back to the great depression or you can compare it with some of the countries that are going through what we will be going through in the last several years and in both cases the obama recovery is weaker, less strong and in some cases bizarre weaker than what has happened in the past. why? unlike ronald reagan, who got a deeper recession in terms of destruction of jobs, 10.8% in the 10.1, and ronald reagan had the double digit inflation at the same time. what obama does not reduce marginal tax rates and reduce spending fr
then the question of how the obama administration and the latter part of the bush and administration reacted to that with bailouts and the stimulus spending. for different stimulus packages, not just a good one we generally think of, and why that actually made the recession worse and the recovery weaker creating fewer jobs, increase in gdp less than other countries which didn't do stimulus spending and that our recovery is weak in the previous recovery because you could compare what we are...
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so i tend to think of the obama administration when it took office in 2009 as confronting what i call the legacy of the two georges, and the first george, of course, is george w. bush. obama needed to figure out what he was going to do in the wake of the bush presidency. the other george, less obvious, would be george mcgovern. the republicans ever since the george mcgovern campaign of 1972 there's been kind of a republican trope that republicans can fall back on at election time, even when it's not necessarily true that the democrats are weak on defense. and the fact that this is not true shows up over and over again, um, at the time of the persian gulf war, the shock and awe of american high-tech weaponry that we saw at the beginning of that war actually was, um, developed in the late 1970s, um, in the pentagon of jimmy carter under a guy with a high-tech background named william perry. democrats and republicans have both been familiar with issues of the use of force, and it's not a black and white democrats weak on defense issue. and so the other -- the problem in writing this book
so i tend to think of the obama administration when it took office in 2009 as confronting what i call the legacy of the two georges, and the first george, of course, is george w. bush. obama needed to figure out what he was going to do in the wake of the bush presidency. the other george, less obvious, would be george mcgovern. the republicans ever since the george mcgovern campaign of 1972 there's been kind of a republican trope that republicans can fall back on at election time, even when...
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administration now, the organizations, the va to get veterans jobs in this environment so it's a good fit in terms of a parent company so, yeah, that's it. c-span: where do you put yourself on the journalism/working for an industry model? are you a journalist? >> guest: yeah, absolutely. we have a pretty solid wall around the journalism part. all of my guys are based here around dc, all veterans, and i have a benefits guy on the west coast and the west coast bureau chief, but we're very much what our executives call church and state, and i call it athens and sparta with us being the spartans. yeah, i say when i put on the news editor hat because i wear several hats as the editor, but certainly my team, our journalists, the white house press core, pentagon press core, same press conferences everyone else is, in communication with the pundits and various principles like any news organization is, and so, yeah, i think in that capacity we're very much a journal organization. c-span: got video from an interview we did here sometime ago with wheeler. i want to run it. it's self-explanatory,
administration now, the organizations, the va to get veterans jobs in this environment so it's a good fit in terms of a parent company so, yeah, that's it. c-span: where do you put yourself on the journalism/working for an industry model? are you a journalist? >> guest: yeah, absolutely. we have a pretty solid wall around the journalism part. all of my guys are based here around dc, all veterans, and i have a benefits guy on the west coast and the west coast bureau chief, but we're very...
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this is among the operative questions that the obama administration is going to face in coming years. thank you very much for your time. [applause] >> so my second role is to a discussion following on this too terrific recitations. when jonathan asked me to take on this role, i cautioned him one problem with the most likely be in violent agreement with both and amateur and that in fact to be the case. so what is left to me really is to add a few to what has been said, not to picket all of of what they have said. part of what i would point to sa said at the outset is i think there is not only between these presentations, but also the first panel. jonathan's comments and jeff's point to the importance of the leadership issues that have just been before us in taking about these questions. so i'm just going to take a few point to comment on. first on the personal role, i agree she really matters. there's two elements informed policy nations that matter. it changes very, very slowly. the other is the individual who comes to leadership at the different background, different experience, diff
this is among the operative questions that the obama administration is going to face in coming years. thank you very much for your time. [applause] >> so my second role is to a discussion following on this too terrific recitations. when jonathan asked me to take on this role, i cautioned him one problem with the most likely be in violent agreement with both and amateur and that in fact to be the case. so what is left to me really is to add a few to what has been said, not to picket all of...
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in 2009, and in 2010, the discussions occurred on the law of the sea within the obama administration, testing the convention, will it was not accorded a high priority. there was no concerted effort on the part of the administration to move law of the sea, as there had been under the bush administration. the obama administration's 2009 treaty priority list indicated no special emphasis on passing law of the sea. among a general group of 17 treaties, on which action was supported. to my knowledge from the only official mention of law of the sea by the president during his first two years was one line in his executive order covering ocean policy, which was issued on july 19, 2010. currently, however, now, enthusiasm for law of the sea has increased with any administration, during this congress. the presence of the distinguished panel before us today surely underscores this. the substantial case for law of the sea is even stronger today than it was in 2004. when i brought it up as chairman of the committee at that time. every year that goes by, without the united states joining the conven
in 2009, and in 2010, the discussions occurred on the law of the sea within the obama administration, testing the convention, will it was not accorded a high priority. there was no concerted effort on the part of the administration to move law of the sea, as there had been under the bush administration. the obama administration's 2009 treaty priority list indicated no special emphasis on passing law of the sea. among a general group of 17 treaties, on which action was supported. to my knowledge...
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the government including the obama administration classifieds more and more affirmation that allow you to know what is going on in the war on terrorism our counterterrorism. the record of classification breaks its own record every year. at the same time technology that has nothing to do with the government, a social media, use of technology streams along and is creating a flood of leaks of classified information. i visited a company for the conclusion of the book has big corporations and law firms and medical companies who believe their proprietary information is on the web. maybe somebody brought were calm so they're hired to go look for it and retrieve that. they have stumbled upon reams and reams of classified information including the blueprint for the helicopter that the president flies in. when they find the dolphin in the tuna that they tell them because your sons and daughters have downloaded file sharing software which means they can share music with their friends. that is like opening the front door to your house that means anybody can come into any file and take and there ar
the government including the obama administration classifieds more and more affirmation that allow you to know what is going on in the war on terrorism our counterterrorism. the record of classification breaks its own record every year. at the same time technology that has nothing to do with the government, a social media, use of technology streams along and is creating a flood of leaks of classified information. i visited a company for the conclusion of the book has big corporations and law...
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i was proud of the obama budget that put more back into the small business administration. i was proud of the initiative that we had in the senate to add funds to the small business administration so that they could indeed be the advocates for the small business community. they had someone in the government that was fighting for their issues and it's made a huge difference. i think if you talk as i have to the small businesses of maryland, they tell me they have now much greater capacity for help through counselors and advocates at the small business administration. we then went to deal with the number-one issue that was brought to our attention, and i'm sure you heard the same stories in new hampshire that i heard in maryland, that small businesses had a hard time getting access to capital, that we had to do a better job of making capital available, particularly during a tough economic period where small businesses don't have the same deep pockets that the larger companies had that we needed to do a better job. so we increased the s.b.a. loan limits, increased the amount o
i was proud of the obama budget that put more back into the small business administration. i was proud of the initiative that we had in the senate to add funds to the small business administration so that they could indeed be the advocates for the small business community. they had someone in the government that was fighting for their issues and it's made a huge difference. i think if you talk as i have to the small businesses of maryland, they tell me they have now much greater capacity for...
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the obama administration has begun to address some of the factors. the health care reform include the first attempt to put an place across the board ways of slowing the rate of growth of health care costs. now i think those provisions are they need to be on a bigger scale and they need to be stronger, but they are there. and they've also made a concerted effort to increase energy efficiency across business as well as individuals. as the only effective way we can address energy costs as a factor in the business costs that squeeze wages. >> one more question because i know people you should get the chance to ask. i remember when you give a briefing on the subject to me a couple years ago, it struck me with an enormous sort of problem and complex problem talking about here, the income growth of most americans, but that sure remedies at the time i felt were rather small in comparison to the diagnosis. in fact, i remember using the phrase you diagnose cancer, which are prescribing aspirin. have you come up with stronger medications? >> well, i've come up
the obama administration has begun to address some of the factors. the health care reform include the first attempt to put an place across the board ways of slowing the rate of growth of health care costs. now i think those provisions are they need to be on a bigger scale and they need to be stronger, but they are there. and they've also made a concerted effort to increase energy efficiency across business as well as individuals. as the only effective way we can address energy costs as a factor...
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now we know we were right in the bush administration, we know the danger that the obama administration has put us in and i think the people are going to have to understand that this is true. for us to use the system that president obama wants to use, we would have to have capability, it's called -- it's a system called sm-32-b. that system would not be developed and to be able to used until after 2020. so this is something that is probably one of the most serious things that we're deal dealing with right now and remember very well when president obama was meeting with the russian president medvedev on monday, march 26 of this year, president obama said this is when the mike was on and nobody knew he could be heard. he said and this is a quote, "on all these issues but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved but it's important for him, talking about the russian incoming president vladimir putin, important for him to give me space. these are his words. this is my last election. after my election i have more flexibility. what does that tell you? it tells you not only is it
now we know we were right in the bush administration, we know the danger that the obama administration has put us in and i think the people are going to have to understand that this is true. for us to use the system that president obama wants to use, we would have to have capability, it's called -- it's a system called sm-32-b. that system would not be developed and to be able to used until after 2020. so this is something that is probably one of the most serious things that we're deal dealing...
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what is your association with the obama campaign data administration? >> in 2008 on the campaign by was the first videographer which is something like to read the first two and a half years of the white house and the last cycle actually didn't work on the campaign for a week or at the white house. i'd worked in that new and strange world of the superpacs. >> talk about the campaign. how did you get hooked up with the president? >> there was an ad on craigslist that said that wasn't the case. was right place, right time to read a friend of mine was working at cnn as a documentary producer and that is a more normal path in the politics. as much as i was interested i was a filmmaker and all the first on anyone's list, so she knew that i was passionate in politics and wanted to get involved and then i just hit it off with a senator and a sort of traveling. >> how long did you do it? was it 2474 while? >> you know, especially on the campaign it really felt like 24/7. i happened to be living in chicago, but i was there two or three days a month. so it was 24/
what is your association with the obama campaign data administration? >> in 2008 on the campaign by was the first videographer which is something like to read the first two and a half years of the white house and the last cycle actually didn't work on the campaign for a week or at the white house. i'd worked in that new and strange world of the superpacs. >> talk about the campaign. how did you get hooked up with the president? >> there was an ad on craigslist that said that...
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how did things fall apart so quickly for the obama administration? and what does this mean for the future? not to understand where we were in the two in election we have to take a trip in the way that. you may recall opponents spoke of an historic victory, one that would transfer in the's policies. we can start with one barack obama the second, who spoke to transforming the nation's politics, and then a narrative history of wiping out politics of the past 30 years. now i have no evidence for this, but i don't think a 30 year references accident. i view obama and his presidents are keenly aware of the city of of thirty-year cycles. he's after on all an extremely educated man. believe reagan had relented country in 1980 as many suggest that we redo. this is after all the central thesis of a famous book that was another two or three biblical books of the net roots in the early 2000 commend the emerging democratic majority by john jude and roy shaw. that look true directly and realignment and suggested at some point in the 2002 as he flipped from republi
how did things fall apart so quickly for the obama administration? and what does this mean for the future? not to understand where we were in the two in election we have to take a trip in the way that. you may recall opponents spoke of an historic victory, one that would transfer in the's policies. we can start with one barack obama the second, who spoke to transforming the nation's politics, and then a narrative history of wiping out politics of the past 30 years. now i have no evidence for...
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obama administration is. there is a clear difference. one attempts to reach out the other attempts to be muscular and strong. >> first of all, i apologize. i don't have the specific numbers but in the neighborhood of 50 billion. i tend to agree it is hard to read the actual differences between obama and romney that maybe more of rhetoric than action it would be similar because so much of foreign policy is not at internal domestic politics but who would have thought we would be doing anything? who saw the arab spring coming? vujacic depends on world events. >> when a candidate says something, the record is clear he can be held to that because quite often the candidate is very cautious what he is prepared to say. the suggestions repetition repetition, romney has been reasonably clear he will try to be much more aggressive with respect to iran than obama. making fun getting the hand slapped back but my gut feeling is the reality will dictate one or the other in the same way. i think it is fair to say if romney w
obama administration is. there is a clear difference. one attempts to reach out the other attempts to be muscular and strong. >> first of all, i apologize. i don't have the specific numbers but in the neighborhood of 50 billion. i tend to agree it is hard to read the actual differences between obama and romney that maybe more of rhetoric than action it would be similar because so much of foreign policy is not at internal domestic politics but who would have thought we would be doing...
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administration latest budget calls for untimely rates and allowing the rate on dividends arise to 43.4% while the top rate on capital gains would be 23.8. i'd like to get each of your thoughts on this proposal. how would a nearly 20 percentage point disparity between the capital gains and dividend affect investment decisions. mr. broadway? >> well, i guess i tend to be a skeptic on all of this the country has had vastly differentiates for capital gains in ordinary income that had rates where they -- had times where the rates were similar. i don't know that the -- i'm reluck assistant to say that whether you had a differential or had the same rate that would have a significant impact on the overall performance of the economy. i think the overall performance of the economy is far too complex to describe the substantial difference based on the taxation of capital gains versus other income. >> just to show you how would i am, to the calculation i think it's twenty five years ago, i wrote a paper with a professor at northeastern university, the chairman of the finance department at the busin
administration latest budget calls for untimely rates and allowing the rate on dividends arise to 43.4% while the top rate on capital gains would be 23.8. i'd like to get each of your thoughts on this proposal. how would a nearly 20 percentage point disparity between the capital gains and dividend affect investment decisions. mr. broadway? >> well, i guess i tend to be a skeptic on all of this the country has had vastly differentiates for capital gains in ordinary income that had rates...
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and released expert on the obama administration's response to the arabs spring, afghanistan, iraq and the israeli-palestinian peace conference on booktv this weekend. >> the supreme court in a 5-4 decision upheld the individual mandate in the affordable care act health-care law. the heritage foundation hosts a discussion. live coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> with suicide on the rise among veterans the defense and veterans affairs departments are stepping up their efforts to address the problem. next, enlisted military leaders take part in a suicide prevention conference co-hosted by both departments. this is an hour and 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. please welcome janet kelly. >> i figured you knew me by now. good morning and thank you for coming back. this was my time this morning to give you a few minutes on of the a update--va update. as i lay in bed last night and thought about everything i heard and have seen and thought about over the last few days i decided you all probably know by this point all the great and wonderful things that the va
and released expert on the obama administration's response to the arabs spring, afghanistan, iraq and the israeli-palestinian peace conference on booktv this weekend. >> the supreme court in a 5-4 decision upheld the individual mandate in the affordable care act health-care law. the heritage foundation hosts a discussion. live coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> with suicide on the rise among veterans the defense and veterans affairs departments are stepping up their...
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but coming up next, david corn because the inner workings of the obama administration from the 2010 midterm election. the present day. he spoke with administration officials to gain insight into the operations of the oval office and details the events that shape the political landscape over the last two years including the arab spring, the killing of osama bin laden and debates over taxes and the debt ceiling. david discusses his book and takes national phone calls and e-mails and rmt on the morning program washington journal. thisrn is about 40 minutes. state want to welcome back to guese and author david corn. showdown is the title of the book. idy did you write this?ns >> i werote it to really explaie what was going on inside the obama white house and what was probably one of up with the midm 2010 electionshen you the house democrats had just lost 63 seats. the republicans had taken over the house. john boehner was coming in as speaker. the bank terminus announces in the -- advances in the senate. people were starting to write off the obama president the bush presidency after what seemed
but coming up next, david corn because the inner workings of the obama administration from the 2010 midterm election. the present day. he spoke with administration officials to gain insight into the operations of the oval office and details the events that shape the political landscape over the last two years including the arab spring, the killing of osama bin laden and debates over taxes and the debt ceiling. david discusses his book and takes national phone calls and e-mails and rmt on the...
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there was a broader historical context in which we have to look get the obama administration and this book really does put it in that context. i thought i would ask -- try to start a discussion and talk about issues raised in the book and ultimately open it up to you for your questions as well. i want to start with the basic concept and our will ask you to describe the concept. you describe obama as a pragmatic progressive, progress of pragmatic, which is it? >> progressive pragmatist. >> is that different from a pragmatic progress of? let's explore that. >> the answer is no. >> i have to say i am always suspicious when i hear the word pragmatic. in the first place people generally think whatever they are doing is pragmatic and whatever people who disagree with them is doing is not pragmatic. but more generally i always want to know. pragmatic in to what end? what is the purpose of pragmatism? seems to me a tactic rather than a dachshund and seems to be pragmatism in some direction. in the book i often see the definition of pragmatism seems to be maintaining good relations with dictat
there was a broader historical context in which we have to look get the obama administration and this book really does put it in that context. i thought i would ask -- try to start a discussion and talk about issues raised in the book and ultimately open it up to you for your questions as well. i want to start with the basic concept and our will ask you to describe the concept. you describe obama as a pragmatic progressive, progress of pragmatic, which is it? >> progressive pragmatist....
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representing the administration at the olympics, first lady michelle obama. she is in london to welcome american athletes as they arrive. she will also attend the opening ceremonies. governor rom of course has a history with the games having run the 2002 salt lake city olympics. join us tomorrow night for a look at his leadership and tenure. that gets underway at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> we'll have more live coverage this afternoon with remarks from former president bill clinton. he is addressing the week-long international aids conference here in washington. live coverage starts at 4:25 eastern. also on c-span today the clare boothe luce policy institute is hosting a seminar on conservative leadership. speakers include former presidential candidate and house speaker newt gingrich. that gets underway at 1:00. that will be on c-span. >> let me begin to open up the discussion by asking it this way. what exactly is the nature of the clash between macarthur and truman? is this, is this a clash over policy? is this a problem of personalities. >> treasury se
representing the administration at the olympics, first lady michelle obama. she is in london to welcome american athletes as they arrive. she will also attend the opening ceremonies. governor rom of course has a history with the games having run the 2002 salt lake city olympics. join us tomorrow night for a look at his leadership and tenure. that gets underway at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> we'll have more live coverage this afternoon with remarks from former president bill clinton....
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if you were to ask the obama administration or the clinton administration, a list of their top ten security challenges you would find in each case nuclear proliferation in the top three or four. in the context of last two decades, the biggest challenges have been posed by north korea and iran. if you look at, for example, the american relationship with russia, going back to the 1990s iran is always figured as a big issue on that just as in the u.s. relationship with china, north korea and its nuclear program been a major issue for almost 20 years now, and u.s. policies really focused on how can you hinder, slow, stop, prevent these countries from moving forward to nuclear weapons programs. while in the case of iran, there's been some success perhaps in slowing it. though, i think we've seen in both cases those countries have moved forward. north korea tested a new clear device in 2006 and again in 2009. and although the u.s. government has not yet come to a firm conclusion whether iran, in fact, seeks to have a ready-made nuclear weapon, there is no doubt that iran has made significant prog
if you were to ask the obama administration or the clinton administration, a list of their top ten security challenges you would find in each case nuclear proliferation in the top three or four. in the context of last two decades, the biggest challenges have been posed by north korea and iran. if you look at, for example, the american relationship with russia, going back to the 1990s iran is always figured as a big issue on that just as in the u.s. relationship with china, north korea and its...
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there'll probably be able to run against a second obama administration. but it don't think that says something necessary as fundamental as the timing. >> take a look at how close mike pence got elected governor in indiana. i mean, that should've been, i mean -- >> four points. >> you spent that should've been 12, 15. >> there's a big article in the "washington post" today on independent business expenditures, particularly, you know, in the fall election. what do you think? why didn't that have much -- >> what do you think speak with mark, do you know what we are? you're asking me that you're? i've looked at the article. i happened to look at the article. i guess my view is this, mark. it was so much within the political system, it was lost campaigns. billion dollars in tv ads that, first of all the question of quality of as, and that's an interesting question we can ponder, disgusted but then the question is just the sheer weight events. that's what -- one side has a huge financial advantage, gross ratings points advanced by this time they were so many ad
there'll probably be able to run against a second obama administration. but it don't think that says something necessary as fundamental as the timing. >> take a look at how close mike pence got elected governor in indiana. i mean, that should've been, i mean -- >> four points. >> you spent that should've been 12, 15. >> there's a big article in the "washington post" today on independent business expenditures, particularly, you know, in the fall election. what...
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stein is a former economics professor at harvard university and a former senior obama administration advisor to treasury secretary tim geithner. this is about an hour. >> good morning. i'm the vice president and codirector of the economic studies program here at brookings. i'm pleased to introduce one of the newest governors of the federal reserve board, jeremy stein. governor stein swore the oath of office on may 30th, 2012, to fill an unexpired term ending january 31st, 2018. this is not his first tour of duty in washington. in 2009 governor stein served in the obama administration as a senior advisor to the secretary of the treasury and on the staff of the national economic council. prior to his appointment to the fed board governor stein was a stafford professor of economics at harvard university where he taught courses in finance and undergraduate and ph.d programs. previously governor stein taught finance at mit's sloane school of management. before that he was an assistant professor at the harvard business school. governor stein has a distinguished research record. he has cove
stein is a former economics professor at harvard university and a former senior obama administration advisor to treasury secretary tim geithner. this is about an hour. >> good morning. i'm the vice president and codirector of the economic studies program here at brookings. i'm pleased to introduce one of the newest governors of the federal reserve board, jeremy stein. governor stein swore the oath of office on may 30th, 2012, to fill an unexpired term ending january 31st, 2018. this is...
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but if there's no one telling the administration that this is an absolute disaster if you go to war in iran, it's quite frightening. you seem pretty convinced. i'm less convinced. >> i hope you're right. if obama is threatened by our army for aggressive worktime, he will do anything to get elected clearly. at one point he did say want to be a one term president if necessary i will stand for my purposes. >> well, that's a joke, but -- [laughter] let's go to discussing the origins of how iran became a so-called problems state. ♪ >> the first thing that was done when you select in iran with nationalized the oil. he said this is not going to british. and at that point, the united states decided to back the british and the cia and intelligence organized the toppling of the regime, bringing the shower back to iran he fled and mobilizing religious people in iran. we have one adamant that enemy as common as some and everything justified. >> all attempts by nationalist leaders to breakaway from the american embrace purely to defend their own country and to take rights away from the american c
but if there's no one telling the administration that this is an absolute disaster if you go to war in iran, it's quite frightening. you seem pretty convinced. i'm less convinced. >> i hope you're right. if obama is threatened by our army for aggressive worktime, he will do anything to get elected clearly. at one point he did say want to be a one term president if necessary i will stand for my purposes. >> well, that's a joke, but -- [laughter] let's go to discussing the origins of...
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under the obama administration. it seems to be the main weapon by the estate's. one can certainly argue that drones have been effective. data from the new america foundation with which peter is affiliated. somewhere between 15,907 and 2,734 militants have been killed by drone since 2004. this includes some of the top leaders as well as foot soldiers on the other hand, there has been what is euphemistically called collateral damage. since two dozen for the non millets and cash order -- casualty rate has averaged 15 to 16 percent which means that several hundred nine militants have been killed. although it has fallen dramatically it remains a highly sensitive issue. there are many controversies surrounding bedroom campaign. first, of course, is the morality of the strikes, especially concerning non militant deaths. second, the question is sometimes raised, is the united states making more enemies out of the civilian population than would otherwise be the case? third is the legality of a drug operation. fourth, what ab
under the obama administration. it seems to be the main weapon by the estate's. one can certainly argue that drones have been effective. data from the new america foundation with which peter is affiliated. somewhere between 15,907 and 2,734 militants have been killed by drone since 2004. this includes some of the top leaders as well as foot soldiers on the other hand, there has been what is euphemistically called collateral damage. since two dozen for the non millets and cash order -- casualty...
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you will address the obama administration's strategy for advancing u.s./india nuclear cooperation. what high-revel exchanges -- high-level exchanges have occurred between our governments regarding the us the of liability protections for u.s. nuclear exporters to india? and more broadly, what is the current state of our energy dialogue with new delhi? i would also appreciate your views onion going security cooperation in south asia. in light of the obama administration's attempt to reduce forces in afghanistan and our complex relationship with pakistan, what opportunities exist for u.s./indian initiatives designed to combat terrorism? i'll look forward to hearing your views about how to address these and other important issues in the united states. i thank you for coming today to be with us, and i thank the chair. >> thanks very much, senator lugar, appreciate it. ambassador powell, we welcome your testimony, and i don't know if you want to introduce any family members, but we welcome that also. >> mr. chairman, senator lugar, i'm honored to appear today a
you will address the obama administration's strategy for advancing u.s./india nuclear cooperation. what high-revel exchanges -- high-level exchanges have occurred between our governments regarding the us the of liability protections for u.s. nuclear exporters to india? and more broadly, what is the current state of our energy dialogue with new delhi? i would also appreciate your views onion going security cooperation in south asia. in light of the obama administration's attempt to reduce forces...
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so the significance of obama administration is diplomatic defense. so would you give us the numbers for the budget of the state department and the defense department totally together? because i believe that that is the smart way to defend ourselves, by diplomatic. and we're now having more allies internationally than ever before, and we don't deploy troops. we can have allies fighting for themselves everywhere else. the same question would come to southeast asia. would you read into it and see what can we expect to reduce our budget here and improve our presence in the asia pacific with the current trip and in the future, and it's also not working that right now in virginia, in leesburg, the fourth round of tpp negotiation is going on without the asian representatives there. and i think suki is to be here this coming week. so those are all significant diplomatic events. so would you give us the number of the budget totally between the defense and the state department, and i think that's a big, big -- we should say congratulations to president obama a
so the significance of obama administration is diplomatic defense. so would you give us the numbers for the budget of the state department and the defense department totally together? because i believe that that is the smart way to defend ourselves, by diplomatic. and we're now having more allies internationally than ever before, and we don't deploy troops. we can have allies fighting for themselves everywhere else. the same question would come to southeast asia. would you read into it and see...
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mae recent actions by the obama administration related to the president south carolina prompted many of us here and in many across the country to stand up in defense of another freedom covered in the first amendment m and that is religious freedom.t and let me just say at thethis outset that most of us didn'tonf expect we would ever have to defend this right in a body which every one of us is sworn to uphold and defend the u.s.los constitution. most of us probably is said tha, if religious liberty were ever seriously challenged in this rur country we could always expect a robust bipartisan defense that . leads from within the congress itself.e unfortunately that is not the situation we find ourselves in.a democrats have evidently decided they would rather defend the president of their own party negardless of the impact of hisi policies. so that they then defend the first amendment in this particular case, they decided tc engage in a campaign oamf distraction is aware that scaring the larger issue, which is at stake here.emocrats but if democrats no longer see the value in the first a
mae recent actions by the obama administration related to the president south carolina prompted many of us here and in many across the country to stand up in defense of another freedom covered in the first amendment m and that is religious freedom.t and let me just say at thethis outset that most of us didn'tonf expect we would ever have to defend this right in a body which every one of us is sworn to uphold and defend the u.s.los constitution. most of us probably is said tha, if religious...
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the obama administration's made additional steps. i think both leaders are trying to figure out how to respond on immigration to make sure we can have people come to this country, but also have the opportunity to live a decent life. i want to say a word or two about the splendid talks that are given yesterday in. >> he has several books. we are pioneering works in political science. he is largely correct that the american people have more in common about issues than many of the leaders in congress. there are issues that divide us. they get soft and we move onto other issues. a study that i have just completed in colorado politics, we found statewide respondents -- there are about 20% of what we call principal conservatives, who would never wrote for a democrat, tea party conservatives. they are counterbalanced by maybe a dozen or 12% of what may be printable liberals. they rushed and listen to rachel m-- watch and listen to tachel rachel maddow. that is at most 20% on one side. most are pragmatic, pragmatic liberals, pragmatic conser
the obama administration's made additional steps. i think both leaders are trying to figure out how to respond on immigration to make sure we can have people come to this country, but also have the opportunity to live a decent life. i want to say a word or two about the splendid talks that are given yesterday in. >> he has several books. we are pioneering works in political science. he is largely correct that the american people have more in common about issues than many of the leaders in...
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obama: if i could just respond very quickly. every study is shown there's lower administrative costs than private insurance does, which is why seniors are generally pretty happy with it. and private insurers have to make a profit. nothing wrong with that. that's what they do. and so, you've got higher administrative costs plus profit on top of that. and if you are going to save any money through what governor romney is proposing, what has to happen is that the money has to come from somewhere. and when you move to a voucher system, you are putting seniors that the mercy of those insurance companies and over time the traditional medicare has decayed or fallen apart, then they are stuck. and this is why the recent aarp has said that your plan would weaken medicare substantially. and that is why they were supportive of the approach that we took it one last point i want to make. we do have to lower the cost of health care. not just in medicare, but overall. romney: that's a big topic. >> moderator: want to get to it. romney: let's g
obama: if i could just respond very quickly. every study is shown there's lower administrative costs than private insurance does, which is why seniors are generally pretty happy with it. and private insurers have to make a profit. nothing wrong with that. that's what they do. and so, you've got higher administrative costs plus profit on top of that. and if you are going to save any money through what governor romney is proposing, what has to happen is that the money has to come from somewhere....
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the obama administration made clear when i offered that waiver that it was only going to apply to states that achieve the same goal another race. so the characterization is cutting welfare reform that the romney campaign and its supporters is not accurate. this is something we've written in a number of stories about and the president himself addressed in his first press conference earlier this week. so i think the general point the collar is trying to make with regard to the accuracy of this aspect of the romney campaign is true. we've written a number of stories about this. another thing that comes to mind we've also been talking about is the romney campaign's characterization of the medicare plan with specifically a little over 700 billion cut to provider payments and the affordable care act. i think largely in an effort to deflect criticism as his running mate paul ryan and his controversial medicare plan is for trade the president for current seniors, which is not really true. the congressional budget office says the cuts are entirely on the provider reimbursement site and now going
the obama administration made clear when i offered that waiver that it was only going to apply to states that achieve the same goal another race. so the characterization is cutting welfare reform that the romney campaign and its supporters is not accurate. this is something we've written in a number of stories about and the president himself addressed in his first press conference earlier this week. so i think the general point the collar is trying to make with regard to the accuracy of this...
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that's why the obama administration embraced the. it's about how all these things represent and what are you obligate to say when you're pinned down. do you believe in enforcing these laws, or not? the thing is when you say, the whole idea of the dream act is that well, these are the good kids. let's attack the interest of the good kids. advocates will say, i think there are, it doesn't mean you're a bad kid if you're in community college or it may be got in trouble if you're a teenager and your criminal record, it doesn't make you a bad person and i think there's something very disingenuous about the debate. that's of course advocates want to structure the debate in a certain way. i don't know how much of this is rooted in any kind of beliefs prior to the way that we actually structure the conversation. i do think that advocates have structured the conversation very advantageously which is their job. >> thank you. >> just a couple more questions and then we'll have to cut it off. so maybe back there. and also to your right. >> hi. i
that's why the obama administration embraced the. it's about how all these things represent and what are you obligate to say when you're pinned down. do you believe in enforcing these laws, or not? the thing is when you say, the whole idea of the dream act is that well, these are the good kids. let's attack the interest of the good kids. advocates will say, i think there are, it doesn't mean you're a bad kid if you're in community college or it may be got in trouble if you're a teenager and...
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has not under the bush or obama administration. one of the things i would criticize the obama administration for, and it's not partisan, just a kind of government management thing, is they talk a lot about soft power or hard power opposed to bush who just used hard power. they have not reformed the u.s. government as much as they should have. it's not a very well-run -- i think people not just a well-run agency, but a development agency, and it's money doesn't go as effectively as it could, the public diplomacy diplomacy not as improved as secretary clinton had hoped. i think the one place where i would be with bipartisan letters urges the obama administration to be forward leaning is in syria where it's a complicated situation, but an ally of iran, a terrible government with human rights and democracy, and it's a strategic envy of ours, and we have to be more there to try to effectuate the government, but they have not done much to try to make it happen. >> what would you do? >> some kind of what we do in libya, no-fly zone, no-dr
has not under the bush or obama administration. one of the things i would criticize the obama administration for, and it's not partisan, just a kind of government management thing, is they talk a lot about soft power or hard power opposed to bush who just used hard power. they have not reformed the u.s. government as much as they should have. it's not a very well-run -- i think people not just a well-run agency, but a development agency, and it's money doesn't go as effectively as it could, the...
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it's very hard to see how anybody, whether it is the obama administration working or not working with anybody that is rustling around with these issues how you are going to make progress long term on the care costs with alzheimer's, which again now 6 million people $172,000,000,000.50 years from now is 25 million people and an annual cost of a trillion dollars, and for the a cumulative cost between now and 2015 we have 20 trillion, and all of the market forces and the empowerment and everything is better management aren't going to change the fact if people are in a state of the menchov for 20 years in a nursing home it is a very labor intensive and very costly process and i think it is very unfortunate that these issues did not get raised during the campaign. my friend is in the audience here and started a group called the center for cures which is pushing the idea that a cure is cheaper than care and to be the disease and treat the disease so he and i have met with dr. francis collins this morning with the meeting ran long because it is such a robust topic and that's why i'm late and
it's very hard to see how anybody, whether it is the obama administration working or not working with anybody that is rustling around with these issues how you are going to make progress long term on the care costs with alzheimer's, which again now 6 million people $172,000,000,000.50 years from now is 25 million people and an annual cost of a trillion dollars, and for the a cumulative cost between now and 2015 we have 20 trillion, and all of the market forces and the empowerment and everything...
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, the obama administration. where are you going -- were i you going to get to the point? [inaudible] and where are you going to get -- you talk about increasing the marines and army, downsizing. and navy has been downsizing for quite a while. where are you going to get the sailors to man all those additional chips? >> my understanding is when john lehman laid out a very, very specific plan, there were two elements that the governor has already spoken about. another element is being considered. the two that was spoken about were, first of all, the 15 ships a year. and second of all, the three submarines a year. we will move to three submarines. so the rest of it is, what we would consider. i mean, is our objectives. that's not one. number two is, the question is how do you move the money around. and when you move the money and where you take the additional money that we predict we would allocate to the defense department. it is not at all surprising, given the decline of naval ships, and by the way, i don't care
, the obama administration. where are you going -- were i you going to get to the point? [inaudible] and where are you going to get -- you talk about increasing the marines and army, downsizing. and navy has been downsizing for quite a while. where are you going to get the sailors to man all those additional chips? >> my understanding is when john lehman laid out a very, very specific plan, there were two elements that the governor has already spoken about. another element is being...